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SVSooke
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Had been wondering if you'd get tired of the all black look.The silver was a good choice.Seems to me you're a better painter than I am
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GateKeeper
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My younger son works for his Godfather, and the booth we used is part of their companies custom wood working shop, they do custom kitchens, wall units, finish trim, all high end stuff, so at the end of the day they let me use the booth, I thought I was going to do this in my garage, but got lucky and was able to use a proper booth, at least I did not get overspray all over everything in my garage...
The paint in the cans was actually really good, I could have used one more can to get more of an even coat, as it turns out, the finish is a bit blotchy, light and dark areas, but since it's like that on every part it looks almost as though it was intentional. The 2K clear was really easy to use and really made the parts shine.
I see my prep was not the best, but I was not going for perfection, it's a 30 year old bike, and it's a daily ride for now, so the way it turned out is way better than I even imagined
Yes not having to worry about getting rid of excess product is good, I basically sprayed until the cans were empty, and all I had was to dispose of the empty cans, easy and no worries about contaminating anything.
Thanks Sandy....
Had been wondering if you'd get tired of the all black look.The silver was a good choice.Seems to me you're a better painter than I am
Actually I was not tired of the black, but more, it was peeling and rubbing off, I used the PlastiDip stuff, to protect the parts first off as last year I did not have the time or cash to do a proper paint job, and I wanted to see how it would look all black, well it was OK, but it was way too much, and it really did not suit the bike, maybe if I had some decals and such, but it was not really growing on me.
I saw a few pictures of the same bike in the silver and the full decal set, as well as in the white and blue, but I already have the GS in white, so I decided to try the silver, and it seems I got lucky, it turned out not too bad.....
As for being a better painter, I wouldn't go that far, maybe I just got lucky, maybe because I had the use of a booth, or the paint I used, it probably all played a role, of which I was probably the least bit a part of.....LOL
I also did not follow the conventional way of doing this, very few steps were taken....
prepped all the parts, filled in all the dings and dents, cracks and so on with some bondo
applied a few coats of primer, fixed up a few obvious areas that still looked bad with some glazing putty (I think that is what it was)
used a pad to scuff everything up a bit, then used some 1000 grit paper for a final sand, wiped everything with a rag
applied the paint, one coat but heavy, ran out of paint, lol
purchased another can of paint, waited about 3 days, back to the booth, painted the tank first, then the rest of the unpainted parts, and a 2nd coat on the parts done first
as parts were being sprayed and other parts drying, it was time to clear coat the dried parts
all the parts were in the booth and I started applying the clear to the parts that were painted first as they were the driest, the last part to get clear was the tank.
everything was left in the booth over night, it was a Friday so no one was in the next day, around noon Saturday me and my son went to get the parts, everything was dry and brought home, put in the garage and off to Cuba I went....
fast forward 4 days I am back, I put the parts on the bike, add the decals, and applied a coat of wax to all the parts.....
Done deal.....and it looks OK
as I said, not the conventional way of doing things, but she sure does look pretty....
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Very very nice GK!
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GK, how much paint did you buy?
Looks like yours and most of the neighbours cars are silver as well.
Looks like yours and most of the neighbours cars are silver as well.
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GateKeeper
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Thanks...
only 2 cans lol, the cars came from the factory in silver, lol,,,hey my last car was white if u believe it
i actually did not have enough paint, could have used at least one more can for better and more even coverage, but I now know for next time
and 2 cans of clear was actually enough, even had a bit left over, however it only stays good for 36 hours I believe it was
unfortunately at times I am....
but I really like it when things turn out nice...
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GateKeeper
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Gorgeous!
How long was the project, start to finish?
Approximately about 10 months, there was no rush, mostly done over the winter months, I did not paint until a year latter, when I first completed the resto I was not certain on the color I wanted so I used that Plasti Dip stuff to cover everything and protect the parts that were primed, once I settled on my colour, this year, I peeled off the Plastidip and painted all the parts, that only took a couple of days, but was done over two weekends, as I couldn't use the paint booth during the week.
It was actually cool putting back together a bike in my basement, lol, the new house does not have access from the garage directly into the house, and being winter, I did not want to be in a cold and freezing garage working on this, so 90 percent was completed in the basement, even painting the frame was done in the basement, since it was brushed on there was no mess in the house, then it was brought up the stairs and into the garage for final assembly.
No engine work was done, other than painting it in the garage, that was the only thing done over the winter, but it gave the paint lots of time to cure before it was put back into the frame.
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